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To The
Lee County
Businessmen 1855
Contributed by Joan Achille
In Aug. 1855, a business directory printed in the "Daily Whisper," contains the following list of business men and the departments they were engaged in.
COUNCILLORS AT LAW
Danna, F. R.
Eustace, J. V. Henton & Atherton Mackay, J. D.
Patrick, S. G. Soule, F. A. Southwick, Edward
Stevens, John
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
Abbott, N. W. Everett, Oliver
Holdridge, G. W. Phillips, G. W.
Pratt, C. D. Younglove, C. J.
Reynolds, C. J., Dentist
BANKERS AND BROKERS
S & H. T. Noble Robertson, Eels & Co.
Stiles, E. B., real estate
Aldrich, Cyrus Steadman & Williams
DRUGGISTS
Nash, J. B. Townsend & Sheffield
BOOKS AND STATIONERY
Mead, J. C.
NOTARIES PUBLIC
Hine, E. W. Soule, F. A.
DAGUERREAN ARTISTS
Beardsley & Co.
Waxham, J. B. Finch, Ferris, portrait painter
SASH, DOOR & BLIND FACTORIES
Brookner, Christopher
Cropsey, Hollenbeck & Williams
BOOTS AND SHOES
Smalley, Joseph Vann, William
CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS
(such as kept shops)
Brookner, Henry Cram, B. F. Crawford & Shellhamer
Graham, J. N. Herrick & Hanson Maxwell Wybnkoop & Warner
CABINET WARE
Baker,Brooks Noah and John Baker, G. W.
BLACKSMITHS Cropsey, J. M.
Dubois, Isaac Martin, Albert Wertman & Carter
GUNSMITH Logan H.
WAGON AND CARRIAGE MAKERS
Adams, J. Q. Richardson, H. H. Schotis, Henry
JEWELERS Bacon, B. H. Heath, Josiah
MARBLE YARD Parker & Oorter
MILLS Brooks & Dailey (Flour)
Morrill, N. G. H. (lessee of saw mill)
BAKERS
Hatch, Charles Reynolds, Charles
LIVERY STABLES McKenney, Frederick McKenney, Henry Porter, Aaron L.
HARNESS & LEATHER
Benjamin, James Benjamin, Andrew Kelsey, H. O. Stiles, George B.
FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOPS
Dement & Ferrell (erecting)
BARBERS
Julien, Antony Demory, Z.
TAILORS
Carpenter, W. J.
Evans, D. L. Decamp, F. Hotchkiss, S. T.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Ayres, Oscar Burr, B. F.
Camp, James L.
McKenney, George R. Smith, John P.
VanEpps & Ashley
Varney & Gilman Wortendyke, Henry and Orlando
CLOTHING
Ely & Rice
Fuller & Rosenfield
Murphy, A. T.
Pelzer, J.
Petersberger, E.
GROCERIES
Appler, Isaac Barnes, Nathan and James
Brison, Andrew Bronson & Dresser
Brubaker, Andrew Davis, James & Bro.
Dyke, Robert Johnson, William Jones, J. L. & Co. Leavitt, Henry
McKenney, James Stewart, B. H. Woodyat, Richard
HARDWARE
Howell, Alexander & Co.
Farrel, John
Herrick, Geo. L.
Johnson, Jonas
HATS AND CAPS
Ayres, Jason C.
MILLINERY
Bartlett, Miss M. J.
Cornish, Mrs. Dickson, Mrs
LUMBER, SASH, DOORS, CEMENT,ETC.
Flint & Loomis
Gallup & Judd
Haldane & Co.
Means, Isaac
Smith & Chipman
Upham, S.K. & Co.
FORWARDING AND COMMISSION
Fuller, Champion Murphy & Woodruff
Smith & Chipman
HOTELS
Smith, A., - Mansion
Porter, Jerome, - Nachusa House Remmers, Henry, --Washington
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